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Box of nuts :)

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davel33 Senior Member • Posts: 2,978
Box of nuts :)

I picked up one used last year and for the most very happy with it BUT the noise the IS make is a real turn off. In a quiet event, when I hit the shutter button half the room turns and looks, NO kidding, it sounds like your shaking a box of 3/4" nuts. Its the most intrusive lens I have ever used.  Other than that its GREAT

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Graham Meale
Graham Meale Veteran Member • Posts: 3,864
Re: Box of nuts :)

Perhaps it was because it was second-hand.

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OP davel33 Senior Member • Posts: 2,978
Re: Box of nuts :)

Graham Meale wrote:

Perhaps it was because it was second-hand.

Checking on the net it shows up a lot, even a thread on DPR talks about.  Seems like not all make the noise but a lot do   Some say it was like that out of the box    It works great so not going to worry about it.  Thanks for your reply

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max_k New Member • Posts: 10
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I have this lens since 2008, the noise of IS was loud from first day as you wrote just out of the box.
But with all the noise it's make AF fast and very accurate

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OP davel33 Senior Member • Posts: 2,978
Re: Box of nuts :)

max_k wrote:

I have this lens since 2008, the noise of IS was loud from first day as you wrote just out of the box.
But with all the noise it's make AF fast and very accurate

Thanks for the reply

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rsn48 Veteran Member • Posts: 7,755
Re: Box of nuts :)

Just tested mine out, yup on the noisy side.

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J A C S
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Re: Box of nuts :)

Mine is noisy, too, not exactly the way you describe it but still noisy. Very efficient IS though.

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